When Avast scans files on a computer, does it also upload them to their cloud and save a copy that stays there?
Many antivirus vendors go one step further: They don’t just upload a unique file identifier, they upload the whole file so it can be analyzed on a cloud server.
3) Collecting the computer’s meta data
Sometimes, collecting meta data about a computer can even be more helpful than collecting data files. Meta data describes all sorts of information such as computer name, user logon name, IP address, country, operating system, running programs, their version numbers, hardware components or similar. Collecting and combining these data points allows someone to sketch a quite precise picture of each computer and derive a certain level of exposure to online threats.
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Just this year, the Czech Office for Personal Data Protection4 has been investigating Avast after Vice reported that they were selling user data, as evidenced by their privacy policy. As of the most recent statement, posted in February 2020, the office’s president Ivanu Janú said that they’re still investigating the case. However, in response to the original Vice article that accused Avast of selling customer data, Avast preemptively wound down Jumpshot, their data-collecting, digital intelligence subsidiary. We’re anxious to see what the Czech Republic’s counsel on personal data protection has to say about Avast and will update this page as relevant news comes out.
I think an additional element to this research needs to be brought up and this is from the following employees at Avast:How did you determine that they worked for Avast?
Aliza Vigderman, Senior Editor and Gabe Turner, Chief Editor.
They last updated this Avast page this year:
https://www.security.org/antivirus/avast/ (https://www.security.org/antivirus/avast/)QuoteLast Updated on Jun 13, 2022
And this is the key point:QuoteJust this year, the Czech Office for Personal Data Protection4 has been investigating Avast after Vice reported that they were selling user data, as evidenced by their privacy policy. As of the most recent statement, posted in February 2020, the office’s president Ivanu Janú said that they’re still investigating the case. However, in response to the original Vice article that accused Avast of selling customer data, Avast preemptively wound down Jumpshot, their data-collecting, digital intelligence subsidiary. We’re anxious to see what the Czech Republic’s counsel on personal data protection has to say about Avast and will update this page as relevant news comes out.
They are referring to this:
https://www.uoou.cz/en/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=200156&id=1896 (https://www.uoou.cz/en/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=200156&id=1896)
I found that from Avast as I was looking for the results of the government investigation. Over two years later and still no results published is sort of perplexing, but I don't presently have data on similar investigations by other such agencies in other nations and so I really don't know if that two years is a common style, or what.
Nevertheless, it is not a situation that can be overlooked and it seems only proper to add the information to this thread.
Thank you catching that very careless mistake. They do not work for Avast. They work for Security.orgQuoting items from third parties sounds like something important when it really is
As for the reference to "very old information" that page was updated on June 13th of this year and they also refer to the investigation as still ongoing this year.
I also studied many sources about that investigation, and just as Aliza Vigderman and Gabe Turner of Security.org wrote on that page, the results of the investigation have not yet been published.
All the facts have been laid bare.Are you making a reference to the ongoing investigation by the Czech government? If so, then your statement seems to indicate you can inform us where we can find the Czech government's final report? I mean, you must have read it to be able to state that all the facts are there for us to read.
When Avast scans files on a computer, does it also upload them to their cloud and save a copy that stays there?
For me this topic was laid to rest years ago.
For me this topic was laid to rest years ago.
As a matter of general practice, we do not sell information that directly identifies you, like your name, address, or email. Under the service provider exception discussed above, we share some of your personal information with our service providers, whom we bind by contract to use the information solely to provide a service for us or on our behalf (for example, we use partners to provide technical support), or in the limited additional circumstances outlined in our Privacy Policy (such as for the purpose of processing payments preventing fraud or to comply with the law).
However, the CCPA’s broad definitions of “personal information” and “sale” may deem the common flow of information in the digital analytics and advertising ecosystem to be a sale.
@EdAgee,
I'd like to know what your agenda is ...